Tido Lah Weyy...

Ya, sepatutnya dah lena. Must be disciplined for the kids, tapi Mummy ngelat. One, my throat is not behaving nice. Two, Iqbal Umar is wide awake and singing "7 Hari" dengan lirik "naak susu." Padahal, dah dua botol gone in the past hour. And Daddy dok jawab dengan lagu "susu habis, susu habis." Bertekak lah dema ya.

Anyways, a friend brought up this subject. How to make sure our kids can read by the time they reach Primary One? Kalau ikut pengalaman sendiri, thank god for kindy - to Umaira. But with her, we started early. 4 years old dah belajar ABC in school (kat rumah Mummy malas nak ajar heheheh). So she goes thru the stages of learning to read ikut syllabus skolah la pendek kata. But with Ulfa, she's 5 bila jejak kaki kat kindy. Somehow, macam tak belajar ABC. Ulfa now kena "read" Peter n Jane and revise with Sally and gang book at home. Lagi pendek kata, she's actually memorizing the words thru the shape of the words. Don't think she knows ABC by heart just yet, dah test, memang tak dapat markah penuh. Yes I'm worried, but it's not only past 3 weeks of kindy. We shall see if she gets her ABC right by this sem.

Kalau ikut pengalaman diri sendiri, my kindy days were filled with lots of colouring and main kejar2, dan yang penting, Jumaat is terjun pool day! And hujung tahun konsert nari lagu kain pelikat u ols! Oklah, ada lah jugak belajar ABC, but I think I learned to read masa formal school. Masuk darjah berapa ntah baru lancar membaca. I turned out just fine ye tak?

My dua sen: Don't give up. Teruskan usaha anda (ewah). Kalau penduduk kampung Pendekar Mustar in Pendekar Bujang Lapok can learn to read agak dah tua bangka gitu, anak2 zaman sekarang jauh lebih bertuah. 3 tahun dah leh gi skolah tau sekarang.
Keep the reading habits tahap "meletop" di rumah, let them practice to read menus at restaurant, read road signs, read Cosmo (sempat selit tu), baca subtitles kat tv, and importantly JANGAN BERKIRA BILA ANAK MINTA BUKU (reminder to self ni). Sah sah leh claim potongan cukai pendapatan.

Ok, good nite. Nak join Daddy and Yoboy bertekak pasal susu. Umar dah tahap buat gulungan pembesar suara letak kat telinga Daddy dia sambil jerit "Nak susuuuuuuuu...!!" Haihh...